General News

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30553, 23 September 1964, Page 16

General News

111 Service False 111 emergency calls are becoming less frequent—one in three calls is now genuine. The Chief Postmaster (Mr J. W. Lincoln) said yesterday that about 25 genuine calls were made each day. Most were for the police. Lights On The time and. temperature clocks on the top of Beaths building in Colombo street and the Government Life building in Cathedral square were switched on again yesterday. They were both switched off at the beginning of this month to save power,, but the emergency has ' now ended. Total lake storage in the South Island rose again in the 24 hours to yesterday morning by 140.000 kilowatt hours to 91,650,000 units. Cloudy And Cool It was cloudy and cool in Christchurch yesterday. A fresh south-westerly wind blew all day. The maximum temperature of 53 degrees occurred about 11 a.m. This was one degree lower than Monday’s maximum. A frost of 3 degrees was recorded in the Botanic Gardens yesterday morning. At Christchurch airport it was a 1-de-gree frost. Warning Lights The Railways Department has laid the concrete foun dations for warning lights and bells at the level crossing on the road leading from the Main North road to Kainga and Stewart’s Gully. Several accidents have occurred at the crossing in recent years, a Kaiapoi man and his 12-year-old daughter being killed when their car was hit by a rail-car a few months ago. Christmas Mails Closing date in Christchurch for Christmas surface mails for overseas would be October 26 “at the very latest,” said- Mr J. W. Lincoln, the Chief Postmaster, yesterday. He said the last mail would go in the Gothic, which was due to leave Auckland on October 29, and reach London on November 30. Mr Lincoln said the exact closing times for surface majls would be announced later. Four Ships’ Flags The executive committee of the Canterbury Pilgrims’ and Early Settlers’ Association has been trying to locate the flags of the First Four Ships to arrive in Canterbury, the Charlotte Jane, Sir George Seymour, Cressy, and Randolph, according to the association’s latest newsletter. Any person who has any knowledge of these flags is asked to get in touch with the secretary, Mr H. Hall, 151 Worcester street. West-Tech. Merger The first meeting of the joint committee to work out details of the amalgamation of the Christchurch West High School, and the Christchurch Technical College into a new Hagley High School will be held next week. Large Classes A “quite serious” accommodation problem will arise at Lincoln College because only one room will take a class of 100, the principal (Dr. M. M. Burns) told the college council yesterday. The diploma in agriculture class and the new meat inspectors’ class were each of 100 or more. Dr. Burns pointed out. “We shall give this some serious thought in the next week or two.” he said. 1 Secondary Council The, Christchurch Post-pri-mary Schools’ Council last evening changed its name to Christchurch Secondary Schools’ Council in terms of the Education Bill now before Parliament. The chairman (Mr W. J. Cartwright) said “secondary” replaced “post-primary” almost- completely in the new bill. The council would use its new name forthwith, but existing letterheads in the old name would be used up. Camellia Town The Thames Improvement Society is carrying out a programme to beautify the streets of Thames with camellias. The trees should not exceed 80ft when fully grown. Some years ago the society planted lemon trees along the main route through the town. Each year the fruit from these trees is given to the hospital.